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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

276 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 14

Sir Benjamin Baker Engineer Ov Forth Bridge and Nile Dam. Pioneer of "Tubes."

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 3

Sir Benjamin Bakor, tho groat engineer, died on Sunday morning, 19th May, at his beautiful residence, Bowden Green; built by himself a…

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Railway Picnic

Western Champion · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 13

The annual picnic of the Railway employees of the Central-Western division is to be held at the local show ground on Monday next, 14th inst…

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Railway Commission. Cross Country Lines

Western Champion · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 4

The Railway Decentralisation Royal Commission consisting of Messrs Oliver. (Chairman) O'Malley Wood, and Hickson, sat at Parkes on…

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Railway Matters. Forbes-stock in Bingal and Parkes and Peak Hill Links Promised, [By Urgent Wire.] Sydney, Thursday, 12 Noon

Western Champion · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 13

The Minister for Public Works received the deputation re the crosscountry lines very favorably at 11 o'clock this morning. He said be…

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Bridge. the Cheating Possibilities

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 7

A correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" is responsible for the morality of the following extract from that paper:— That bridge is the most delightful card…

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By Road, Water, or Air

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

An aeroplane for use as a motorcar or motor-boat has been constructed by a German aviator. It is a combination of biplane and…

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Sir Benjamin Baker Engineer of Forth Bridge and Nile Dam. Pioneer of "Tubes."

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Sir Benjamin Baker, the great engineer, died on Sunday morning, 19th May, at his beautiful residence, Bowden Green, built by himself a…

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An Expensive Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

Some particulars have been published of the new Florida Sea Railway. It is carried for miles across lagoons, marshes, islets, and a…

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The Motoring of Hiawatha

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 3

YOU shall hear how Hiawatha Finding horses' legs too sluggish, Left his lodge one day ami motored, Scorched and motored on the highway…

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Railway Extension

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 2

A LARGE and influential deputation waited on the Minister for Works on Thursday last, for the purpose of urging on the construction of the…

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Motor Harvester

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 8

An Idaho (U.S.A.) firm has invented a new harvester, the feature of which is its gasoline power. A mother of the f[?]m recently…

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Railway Commission. Cross Country Lines

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 2

The Railway Decentralisation Royal Commission consisting of Messrs Oliver (Chairman), O'Malley, Wood and Hickson, sat at Parkes on Wednesday,…

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More Railways Wanted

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 7

The construction of railways from Stockinbingal to Forbes and from Parkes to P[?]ak Hill were matters which were brought before the Minister…

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Shirk Engineer's Report. Proposed Low-level Bridge Over the Lachi, an River

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 2

Mr. Jones, Goverment District Engineer, has visited Cowra and inspected the different sites for the proposed bridge. Without in any way committing himself,…

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Our Railways the Cross-country Lines

Western Champion · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 20

For several months past, since the conference in Forbes in August last, the agitation in favor of a cross-country service linking up…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, November 18, 1910. a Railway Gathering

Western Champion · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 11

THE railway picnic held on the Parkes show ground on Monday last furnished an object lesson in organisation which those who take…

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Railway Picnic at Parkes. A Most Successful Gathering

Western Champion · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 5

On Monday last the annual picnic of railway employees on the line from Blayney to Wellington and Forbes and Parkes to Condobolin and Tullamore…

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A Railway Derelict. an English Sketch

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 6

It is the funniest station in or out of Bradshaw. Snorting expresses rattle through it contemptuously. Only a few of the tied local trains that crawl…

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Western Railways

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 1

The Minister for Works informed a deputation last week that he was perfectly satisfied of the necessity of the Forbes to Stockinbingal railway, and…

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A Railway Derelict. an English Sketch

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1910 · page 8

It is the funniest station in or out of Bradshaw. Snorting expresses rattle through it contemptuously. Only a few of the tied local trains that crawl…

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